The US Federal Reserve slashes interest rates for the first time in four years, China sanctions nine US defense firms over their military sales to Taiwan, India-administered Kashmir votes in the first local election in a decade, booby-trapped walkie-talkies kill hundreds in Lebanon, Venezuela arrests a fourth American over an alleged plot against Nicolas Maduro, Hillary Clinton suggests jailing Americans who spread Russian propaganda, India fires three officials following protests over the rape and murder of a doctor, an IVF bill is blocked in the US Senate, the EU proposes an outdoor smoking ban, and Instagram implements new restrictions for minors’ accounts. Sources: verity.news